Z559DL CREATE YOUR OWN PATH USER MANUAL Z079584509774 ZTEUSA.
About This Manual Thank you for choosing this ZTE mobile device. In order to keep your device in its best condition, please read this manual and keep it for future reference. Copyright © 2018 ZTE CORPORATION All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be quoted, reproduced, translated or used in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without the prior written permission of ZTE Corporation.
Table of Contents Table of Contents Uninstalling or Disabling an App............... 34 Contacts..........................................61 Messages........................................74 Gallery............................................83 Connecting to Networks and Devices...........................................35 Checking Contact Details.............................. 61 Adding a New Contact................................... 61 Setting Up Your Own Profile.........................
Table of Contents More Apps......................................94 Calculator............................................................ 94 Clock..................................................................... 94 Downloads.......................................................... 95 File Manager....................................................... 95 Wi-Fi Utility......................................................... 96 Google Apps......................................................
Getting Started Charging the Battery Your phone’s battery should have enough power for the phone to turn on, find a signal, and make a few calls. You should fully charge the battery as soon as possible. WARNINGS! Use only ZTE-approved chargers and USB cables. The use of unapproved accessories could damage your phone or cause the battery to explode. NOTE: Use the USB Type-C charger that comes in-box with your phone to charge the battery. It’s specially built to support Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 2.0. 1.
Getting Started Getting Started Locking the Screen and Keys To quickly turn the screen off and lock the keys, press the Power/Lock Key. NOTE: To save battery power, the phone automatically turns off the screen after a certain period of time when you leave it idle. You will still be able to receive messages and calls while the phone screen is off. Unlocking the Screen and Keys 1. Press the Power/Lock Key to turn the screen on. 2.
Getting Started Getting Started Getting to Know Your Phone Key Functions Front Camera Earpiece Indicator Light Back Camera Flash 3.5mm Headset Jack* Proximity & Light Sensor Volume Key Key Power/Lock Key Home Key Press to return to the home screen from any application or screen. Press and hold to access Google Assistant. Recent Apps Key Press to see recently used applications. Double-tap to switch to the most recent application.
Getting Started Getting Started Getting to Know the Home Screen The home screen is the starting point for your phone’s applications, functions, and menus. You can customize your home screen by adding application icons, shortcuts, folders, widgets, and more. Status & Notifications 2. Slide the home screen thumbnails left or right and tap Widget . To delete a home screen panel: 1. Press and hold an empty area of the home screen.
Personalizing Changing the System Language 1. Swipe up on the home screen and tap Settings > System > Languages & input > Languages. 2. If the language you need is not shown in the list, tap Add a language and select the one you want. 3. Press and hold the list. next to the language you want to use, and drag it to the top of NOTE: To remove languages from the list, tap > Remove, select the languages you want to delete, and tap > OK. Setting the Date and Time 1.
Personalizing NOTE: You can adjust the media volume when a media application is in use by pressing the Volume Key. If no media application is active, press the Volume Key to adjust the ringtone volume (or the earpiece volume during a call), or tap and drag a volume slider to adjust other types of volume. Switching to Vibration or Silent (Do Not Disturb) Mode You can set the phone to silent (Do Not Disturb) or vibration mode by using one of the following methods.
Personalizing Personalizing Setting the Theme Protecting Your Phone With Screen Locks 1. Press and hold an empty place on the home screen. 2. Tap HOME SETTINGS > Themes. 3. Tap a theme to select it. You can protect your phone by creating a screen lock. When it is enabled, you can swipe up on the lock screen, and then draw a pattern or enter a numeric PIN or a password to unlock the phone’s screen and keys. 1. Swipe up on the home screen and tap Settings > Security & location. 2. Tap Screen lock. 3.
Personalizing Protecting Your Phone With Encryption You can encrypt all the data on your phone: your accounts, application data, music and other media, downloaded information, and more. If you do, you must draw an unlock pattern, or enter a numeric PIN or a password each time you power on your phone. WARNING! Encryption is irreversible. The only way to revert to an unencrypted phone is to perform a factory data reset, which erases all your data.
Personalizing Knowing the Basics Pinning a Screen Monitoring the Phone Status 1. Ensure that screen pinning is turned on. 2. Open the app you want to keep in view. 3. Press the Recent Apps Key. 4. If there are many app tabs, swipe up to find 5. Tap on the front-most tab. . Unpinning the Screen To unpin the screen and return to normal use, press and hold the Back Key.
Knowing the Basics Knowing the Basics Managing Notifications Responding to or Removing a Notification Notification Icons The Status Bar at the top of the home screen provides notification icons on the left side. Below are some of the icons you may see.
Knowing the Basics Knowing the Basics To turn settings on or off quickly: 1. With two fingers, swipe down from the top of the screen to open the Quick Settings Panel. 2. Tap a Quick Settings tile to turn that setting on or off. Press and hold certain tiles to access more setting options. (For example, press and hold the Wi-Fi tile to open the Wi-Fi menu in settings.) To customize the Quick Settings Panel: You can add, remove, or rearrange the tiles on the Quick Settings Panel. 1.
Knowing the Basics Rearranging the Primary Shortcuts The customizable primary shortcuts area at the bottom of the home screen remains the same on every home screen panel. You can keep up to five items in the primary shortcuts area. Drag shortcuts or folders in or out of the area. Knowing the Basics Gboard Gboard provides a layout similar to a desktop computer keyboard. When screen autorotation is enabled, turn the phone sideways and the keyboard will change from portrait to landscape.
Knowing the Basics • Press and hold Knowing the Basics to change the input language or set up the Gboard. • Press and hold and slide to to change to a smaller keyboard for easier one-handed typing. Tap / to switch to the right-hand or left-hand keyboard, respectively, or tap to adjust the size and position of the keyboard. Tap to switch back to the full-sized keyboard. Glide Typing Gboard supports the glide-typing feature.
Knowing the Basics Editing Text • • • • • Move the insertion point: Tap where you want to type. The cursor blinks in the new position, and a tab appears below it. Drag the tab to move the cursor. Select text: Press and hold or double-tap within the text. The nearest word highlights, with a tab at each end of the selection. Drag the tabs to change the selection. Tap SELECT ALL to select all the text, or tap SHARE and choose an option. Cut or copy: Select the text you want to manipulate.
Knowing the Basics Connecting to Networks and Devices Using Two Apps in Split-Screen Mode You can work with two apps at the same time in split-screen mode. NOTE: Not all apps support split-screen mode. Method one: 1. Press the Recent Apps Key to view your recently used apps. 2. Tap on the tab of the first app you want to use, or drag the tab to Drag here to use split screen. 3. If the second app you want to use is in the recent apps list, tap its tab.
Connecting to Networks and Devices Connecting to Networks and Devices Selecting Network Operator 1. Swipe up on the home screen and tap Settings > Network & Internet > Mobile network > Network operators. 2. Tap SEARCH NETWORKS to search for all available networks. 3. Tap a network in the network list to register manually. You can also tap Choose automatically to select preferred network automatically. NOTE: The Network operators option is displayed only when this feature is available.
Connecting to Networks and Devices You can use one of the following methods to connect your phone to a wireless network using WPS. Method one: WPS button (Recommended) 1. Swipe up on the home screen and tap Settings > Network & Internet > Wi-Fi. 2. Slide the Wi-Fi switch to the On position. 3. Tap Wi-Fi preferences > Advanced > WPS Push Button. 4. Press the WPS button on the access point, and it will recognize your phone and add it to the network. Method two: PIN 1.
Connecting to Networks and Devices Connecting to Networks and Devices 3. Tap Pair new device. Your phone automatically scans for and displays the IDs of all available Bluetooth devices in range. 4. Tap the device you want to pair with. 5. If necessary, confirm that the Bluetooth passkeys are the same between the two devices and tap PAIR. Alternatively, enter a Bluetooth passkey and tap PAIR. Pairing is successfully completed when the other device accepts the connection or the same passkey is entered.
Connecting to Networks and Devices Connecting to Networks and Devices Disconnecting Your Phone From the Computer 3. Tap > Storage settings > Format. To disconnect the phone from the computer, simply unplug the USB cable when you’re finished. 4. Tap ERASE & FORMAT. CAUTION: The formatting procedure erases all the data on the microSDXC card, after which the files CANNOT be retrieved.
Connecting to Networks and Devices NOTE: Whenever you move data between the internal storage and the microSDXC card, the destination is used to save new apps and personal data (such as photos and videos) and only the destination is accessible from a computer. To remove the microSDXC card from your phone: If you need to remove the microSDXC card used as phone storage while the phone is on, you must unmount it first. 1. Swipe up on the home screen and tap Settings > Storage. 2.
Connecting to Networks and Devices Connecting to Networks and Devices Sharing Mobile Data Through a Wi-Fi Hotspot 2. Slide the switch to the On position. (If Wi-Fi was on, tap OK to turn it off.) After a moment, the phone starts broadcasting its Wi-Fi network name (SSID). 3. On another device, locate your phone via Wi-Fi and connect with it to start using the phone’s mobile data. NOTE: To stop sharing your data connection, slide the switch to the Off position.
Connecting to Networks and Devices Connecting to a VPN 1. Swipe up on the home screen and tap Settings > Network & Internet > VPN. 2. Tap the VPN that you want to connect to. 3. When prompted, enter any requested credentials and tap CONNECT. Phone Calls You can place calls from the Phone app, the Contacts app, or other apps or widgets that display contact information. Wherever you see a phone number, you can usually tap it to dial. Placing and Ending Calls Modifying a VPN Placing a Call by Dialing 1.
Phone Calls Phone Calls Working With the Call History Ending a Call During a call, tap on the screen. The call history is a list of all the calls you’ve placed, received, or missed. It provides a convenient way to redial a number, return a call, or add a number to your Contacts. Answering or Rejecting Calls When you receive a phone call, the phone displays the Caller ID or the information about the caller that you’ve entered in Contacts.
Phone Calls Phone Calls Checking Voicemail Taking Other Actions on a Call History Entry Open the call history and tap a listing. • Tap to create a new contact with the number. If you have set the phone to divert calls to voicemail, callers can leave voicemail messages when they cannot reach you. Here’s how to check the messages they left. • Tap to add the number to an existing contact. 1. Press the Home Key > • Tap to send a text message to the number.
Phone Calls Phone Calls Managing Multi-party Calls 3. When you’re connected to the second party, tap When the call waiting and three-way call features are available, you can switch between two calls or set up a conference call. NOTE: Options and interface may vary. The call waiting and three-way call features need network support and may result in additional charges. Please contact your service provider for more information. To end the conference call, tap Switching Between Current Calls .
Phone Calls Phone Calls Setting Answer and End Calls Options Using Fixed Dialing Numbers 1. Press the Home Key > Fixed Dialing Numbers (FDN) allows you to restrict outgoing calls to a limited set of phone numbers. > > Settings > Answer and end calls. 2. Tap an option. • Turn on Power button ends call to enable ending calls by pressing the Power/ Lock Key. • Turn on Vibrate when call is answered to enable the phone to vibrate when a call is answered.
Phone Calls Phone Calls Setting Caller ID Setting TTY Mode Choose whether your number is displayed when someone receives your outgoing call. 1. Press the Home Key > > > Settings > Call settings > Additional settings. 2. Tap Caller ID and select an option. Setting Call Blocking Call blocking allows you to block calls and messages from certain numbers. 1. Press the Home Key > > > Settings > Call blocking. 2. Tap ADD A NUMBER. 3.
Phone Calls Setting Wi-Fi Calling When this feature is turned on and you are connected to a Wi-Fi network with Internet access, you can make and receive phone calls via Wi-Fi or your operator’s mobile network, depending on your connection preferences and which signal is stronger. Before turning on this feature, please check with your operator to make sure this service is available. 1. Swipe up on the home screen and tap Settings > Network & Internet > Wi-Fi calling. 2. Tap an option to configure it.
Contacts Contacts Setting Up Your Own Profile Exporting Contacts to the Phone Storage or microSDXC Card You can create your own name card in your phone. 1. Swipe up on the home screen and tap Contacts. 2. Tap 2. Tap > Settings > My info. If a profile has already been set up, tap 1. Swipe up on the home screen and tap Contacts. . 3. Edit your profile information. Tap More fields to add more information, if desired. 4. Tap SAVE to save.
Contacts Contacts Removing a Contact From Favorites Deleting a Label 1. Swipe up on the home screen and tap Contacts. 2. Tap a favorite contact, at the top of the contact list, and then tap the screen. 1. Swipe up on the home screen and tap Contacts. at the top of 2. Tap and then tap a label. 3. Tap > Delete label. Managing Contacts With Labels 4. Tap OK. The contacts themselves will not be deleted. Viewing Your Contact Labels Editing a Label 1. Swipe up on the home screen and tap Contacts. 2.
Contacts Contacts Setting a Ringtone for a Contact Unlinking Contact Information Assign a special ringtone to a contact, so you know who is calling when you hear the ringtone. 1. Swipe up on the home screen and tap Contacts. If contact information from different sources was linked in error, you can separate the information back into individual contacts on your phone. 1. Swipe up on the home screen and tap Contacts. 2. Tap a linked contact you want to unlink. 2.
Accounts Adding or Removing Accounts You can add multiple Google accounts and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync® accounts. You may also add other kinds of accounts, depending on the apps installed on your phone. Adding an Account 1. Swipe up on the home screen and tap Settings > Accounts > Add account. 2. Tap the type of account you want to add. 3. Follow the on-screen steps to enter the information about the account. Most accounts require a username and password, but the details may vary.
Email Swipe up on the home screen and tap Email. Use it to read and send emails from Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo!®, and more. Setting Up the First Email Account 1. When you open Email for the first time, tap an email type and then enter your email address and password. 2. Tap NEXT to let the phone retrieve the network parameters automatically. NOTE: You can also enter these details manually by tapping MANUAL SETUP or if automatic setup fails. 3.
Email Email Marking an Email as Unread Editing an Email Account You can return a read email to the unread state (for example, to remind yourself to read it again later). You can also mark a batch of emails as unread. You can change a number of settings for an account. The options you can configure depend on the type of account. • While reading a message, tap > Mark unread. 1.
Messages Messages You can use Messages to exchange text messages (SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS). Opening the Messaging Screen Press the Home Key > . The Messages screen opens, where you can create a new message, search for messages, or open an ongoing message thread. • Tap to write a new text or multimedia message. • Tap to search for a message using keywords. • Tap an existing message thread to open the conversation. Sending a Message 1.
Messages Forwarding a Message 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. On the Messages screen, tap the thread that has the message you want to forward. Press and hold the message you would like to forward. Tap in the menu that opens. Tap an existing thread, or tap NEW MESSAGE to enter a recipient for the message. Edit the content if you want. 6. Tap . Deleting Messages or Threads 1. On the Messages screen, press and hold a thread you want to delete, or tap a thread and press and hold a message you want to delete. 2.
Browser Switching Between Browser Windows Camera 1. Tap the icon at the top of the screen. Thumbnails of opened web pages appear as a list. 2. Tap the thumbnail you want to open. You can take photos and record videos. Photos and videos are stored on the microSDXC card, if you have installed one, or to the phone’s internal 1 9 storage. You can copy them to your computer or access them in the Gallery app. NOTE: Tap or swipe left or right to close a browser window.
Camera Camera NOTES: • You can pinch or spread your fingers on the screen to zoom in or out before taking a picture. • In PHOTO (automatic camera) mode, when you tap the screen to focus, the exposure bar appears beside the focus point. You can drag up or down to adjust the exposure. When using the front camera to take a selfie, you can tap to adjust the exposure.
Camera Customizing Camera and Video Settings Before capturing a photo or a video, you can tap to open the following options: NOTE: Some camera and video options will change in different camera modes. • Resolution: Set the image size for your photos. • Video quality: Set the quality for your video. • Point-and-shoot: (front camera only) Tap the viewfinder screen to take a photo. • Smile: (front camera only) Tap to enable smile detection. • Metering: (MANUAL mode only) Adjust the metering setting.
Gallery Gallery Working With Pictures Retouching Your Pictures Tap a picture to view it in full screen. Double-tap the picture, or pinch two fingers together or spread them apart to zoom out or in. Slide left or right to view other pictures in the album. You can edit any photos you took and some other pictures in Gallery with Photo Editor. The changed picture is saved in the same album as the original one, while the original is never affected. 1 Number Function 1 Tap to return to the album.
Gallery Gallery Making a GIF or a Collage Playing Videos You can put together a few pictures to make an animated GIF or a collage of pictures. 1. Tap an album in Gallery, and then tap the thumbnail of a video. 1. Open the Gallery app and tap > GIF maker or Collage maker. 2. Tap 2. Tap an album. 3. Tap the pictures you want. You can exit the album and open other albums to add more pictures.
Music Swipe up on the home screen and tap Music to play audio files stored on your phone. Music supports a wide variety of audio formats, so it can play music you purchase from online stores, music you copy from your CD collection, and more. Viewing Your Music Library Open Music and tap All songs to view all your audio files or by categorized lists of artists, albums, and genres. You can also tap Favorites, Recently played, or Folders to find songs, or view all your playlists in the My playlist section.
Music Managing Playlists Create playlists to organize your music files into sets of songs, so that you can play the songs you like in the order you prefer. • Tap > Add to next to a song to add it to a playlist or create a new playlist. • In the My playlist section, tap a playlist to view its content. You can then tap at the top right to add more songs to the playlist, rename, or delete the playlists; tap > Remove next to the song to remove it from the playlist.
Video NOTES: • Slide horizontally on the video to rewind or fast forward. • Slide vertically on the right or left part of the screen to adjust volume or brightness, respectively. Voice Recorder Voice Recorder enables you to record voice memos and listen to them whenever you like. Recording a Voice Memo 1. Swipe on the home screen and tap Voice Recorder. Managing Video Files 2. Tap Deleting Videos 3. Tap to start recording. During recording, you can tap to pause and continue recording.
More Apps More Apps Checking World Time Calculator 1. Open the Clock app and tap Swipe up on the home screen and tap Calculator to use the phone’s convenient built-in calculator for some basic as well as advanced mathematical equations. NOTE: To see more calculator options, swipe left on the screen or turn the phone to landscape view. . 2. World time lets you check local times for cities around the world. Tap to add a new city. Using Stopwatch and Countdown 1. Open the Clock app and tap or .
More Apps • To copy or move an item, press and hold the item, tap > Move or Copy, navigate to a new location, and tap PASTE. • Tap > New folder to create a new folder in the current directory. • Tap • Tap > Sort by to change the order of the items in the list. • Tap in the root directory and switch on Show local hidden files to display hidden system files and folders. to search for a file or folder by name.
Settings Swipe up on the home screen and tap Settings. Settings contains most of the tools for customizing and configuring your device. In some menus, you may need to tap Advanced to get all the options. At the top of the Settings screen, you can see setting suggestions. Tap to check or customize the recommended settings. Network & Internet Wi-Fi Turn Wi-Fi on or off and configure your Wi-Fi connections (see Connecting to Networks and Devices – Connecting to Wi-Fi).
Settings Airplane Mode Turn airplane mode on or off. All the phone’s radios that transmit voice or data are turned off when airplane mode is on. Call Settings Configure call options (see Phone Calls – Adjusting Your Call Settings). Connected Devices Bluetooth Turn Bluetooth on or off and configure your Bluetooth connections (see Connecting to Networks and Devices – Connecting to Bluetooth Devices).
Settings Settings App Permissions • Open Settings > Apps & notifications > App permissions to check what apps have been allowed to access certain permissions. You can also change the app permissions. WARNING! Changing the app permissions may result in the app not working correctly or as originally intended. Battery Default Apps Open Settings > Apps & notifications > Advanced > Default apps to set the following options.
Settings • • • Screen saver: Manage the Screen saver function, which can display weather, clock, colors or photos when the phone is docked or charging. Ambient display: Tap to enable/disable this feature, which causes the screen to wake when you receive notifications. Indicator light: Flash the indicator light to notify you of charging, low battery, incoming call/message, or other notifications.
Settings • • • • • Location: Manage location services, which help your phone and apps determine your location. To use location-related applications, such as finding your location on Google Maps, you must have location services enabled on your phone. - Mode: Select location sources you want to use. To get your accurate location, choose High accuracy. To save battery power and get approximate location, choose Battery saving. To use only GPS to pinpoint your location, choose Device only.
Settings System Languages & Input • • • • • • • • Languages: Select a language for your system. Virtual keyboard: Configure on-screen input method settings. Physical keyboard - Show virtual keyboard: Keep the virtual keyboard on screen while a physical keyboard accessory is active. - Keyboard shortcuts helper: Display available shortcuts. Spell checker: Enable Google Spell Checker to check for spelling errors when entering text, and change its settings.
Upgrading the Phone Software Troubleshooting There are several ways to upgrade your phone software: 1. Use the online upgrade tool for mobile terminal products. 2. Use the one-press upgrade package offered by your mobile service provider. 3. Use your PC to download an upgrade package to your microSDXC card and install it to your phone from the card. NOTE: Visit the ZTE official handset service support website Z-Community (https://community.zteusa.
Troubleshooting Problem Unable to select certain features Cannot charge the battery Troubleshooting Possible Causes Possible Solution Problem Your service provider does not support these features, or you Contact your service provider. have not applied for services that provide these features. The battery or battery charger is damaged. Contact the dealer. The phone’s temperature is below 32°F (0°C) or higher than 113°F (45°C). Adjust the battery charging environment to avoid extremes of temperature.
Troubleshooting Problem Unable to connect to the network Cannot answer incoming calls Cannot make outgoing calls For Your Safety Possible Causes The nano-SIM card is invalid. Contact your service provider. You are not within the network’s service area. Check the service area with your service provider. Poor signal. Move to an open space, or if you are inside a building, move closer to a window. You have activated the Call blocking feature. Disable this feature.
For Your Safety Radio Frequency (RF) Energy This phone is designed and manufactured not to exceed the emission limits for exposure to radio frequency (RF) energy set by the Federal Communications Commission of the United States. During SAR testing, this device was set to transmit at its highest certified power level in all tested frequency bands, and placed in positions that simulate RF exposure in usage against the head with no separation, and near the body with the separation of 0.6 inches (15 mm).
For Your Safety • • • Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. CAUTION: Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
For Your Safety For additional information about the FCC’s actions with regard to hearing aid compatible wireless devices and other steps the FCC has taken to ensure that individuals with disabilities have access to telecommunications services, please go to www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro. CTIA Requirements • • • • • • • • • Do not disassemble or open, crush, bend or deform, puncture or shred the battery.
For Your Safety • • • • • • • • • • • Clean your phone and its accessories with a soft material such as cleaning cloth for eyeglass lenses. Do not use alcohol or other corrosive substances for cleaning or allow them to get inside. Do not expose your phone or its accessories to open flames or lit tobacco products. Do not expose your phone or its accessories to liquid, moisture or high humidity. Do not drop, throw or try to bend your phone or its accessories.
For Your Safety Repetitive Strain Injuries To minimize the risk of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) when texting or playing games with your phone: • Do not grip the phone too tightly. • Press the buttons lightly. • Use the special features which are designed to minimize the times of pressing buttons, such as Message Templates and Predictive Text. • Take frequent breaks to stretch and relax.
For Your Safety Pacemakers Pacemaker manufacturers recommend that a minimum separation of 6 inches (15 cm) be maintained between a mobile phone and a pacemaker to avoid potential interference with the pacemaker. To achieve this, use the phone on the opposite ear to your pacemaker and do not carry it in a breast pocket. Hearing Aids People with hearing aids or other cochlear implants may experience interfering noises when using wireless devices or when one is nearby.
Notes Specifications Handset specifications are shown in the following table. Operating system Android™ 8.1 Oreo™ Handset standards LTE/GSM/UMTS Dimensions 5.73" (H) x 2.83" (W) x 0.37" (D) Weight 5.40 oz. (with battery) Display 5" 854×480 Camera Front 2 MP; Back 5 MP Internal memory ROM: 16 GB, RAM: 2 GB Removable memory card Supports microSDXC card up to 256 GB Battery 2200 mAh Continuous idle time Up to 288 hours Continuous talk time Up to 12 hours WAP browser version WAP 2.
